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OVARIAN TUMOUR IN A PONY. 
By J. S. Worm, M.R.C.V.S., Watton. 
The ovarian tumour which I send for your examination 
was taken from an extraordinary well-bred pony, the pro¬ 
perty of G. Cassingdick, Esq., of Saham. 
On the 11th of July I was requested to examine the animal 
in consequence of the immense size of its abdomen. I in¬ 
quired how long the pony had been in that state, and was 
informed that the enlargement had been noticed some weeks 
since. To assist my diagnosis, I resorted to percussion at the 
inferior parts of the abdomen, and at once was enabled to 
decide that ascites existed to a considerable extent; but not 
feeling perfectly satisfied as to its cause, I made an examina¬ 
tion per rectum, and afterwards requested my assistant to do 
the same, when we both distinctly felt an enlargement of one of 
the ovaries. The bulk of the tumour was placed directly below 
the rectum, in the situation that a foetus would have occupied. 
As the pony had been suffering from long-existing consti¬ 
tutional disturbance, and was much prostrated, I did not 
consider it a case by any means fit to be operated on with 
any probability of success, and therefore Istated my opinion 
to be that there was no hope of cure. However, to palliate 
the sufferings of the animal, I gave an opiate; but the next 
evening she was taken much worse, and very soon died. 
Post-mortem examination .—On opening the abdomen, at 
least ten gallons of fluid escaped, when the tumour was at 
once brought into view 7 . On removing it from its connec¬ 
tions, it was found to v 7 eigh no less than sixteen pounds. 
The kidneys were slightly enlarged, but the other abdominal 
viscera gave no evidence of structural change. The pericar¬ 
dium, how ever, contained a good deal of serum. 
REMARKS ON THE ABOVE, BY ASSIST.-PROF. VARNELL. 
No disease affecting domesticated animals has probably 
received less attention from the veterinary pathologist than 
that of the ovaries. A correct diagnosis has been but seldom 
arrived at, and I am not aware that any attempts have ever 
been made to treat such diseases, either experimentally or 
otherwise. 
In the September number of the Veterinarian , page 512, 
Mr. E. J. Bovett has recorded a case of the death of a bitch, 
